Revealed: Government-funded black employment charity suggests white people are ‘a plague’
Nana Agyeman said Access UK 'do not condone or tolerate any form of racism or discrimination'
AccessUK
A London charity that is supposed to help black and minority ethnic people find work suggested that white people were “a plague” amid a series of discriminatory online posts, a GB News investigation can reveal.
AccessUK (African Caribbean Careers & Employment Support Services UK) received £266,778 in Government contracts and grants last year despite a long history of hosting discriminatory speakers and uploading controversial content to their social media channels.
Posts on their social media accounts include footage mocking Conservative politicians and repeated claims that Ancient Egyptians were black — a conspiracy theory associated with the “hotep” movement.
A video posted on their YouTube channel shows their Managing Director, Nana Agyeman, taking part in a panel discussion with various controversial figures. They include Raspect, a rapper and conspiracy theorist who founded a paramilitary-style group called the Forever Family Force, and Dr Umar Johnson, a discredited American psychologist who has opposed interracial marriage and claimed that he can “cure” homosexuality.
The AccessUK website also features a cartoon that appears to suggest that black people have no “power” in society because they buy from white-owned businesses.
Despite claiming to be run by “volunteers”, AccessUK claims to have spent £182,468 on “volunteer allowances”.
Managing Director Nana Agyeman also appears to be a Trustee of the charity under the name Nana-Yaw Agyeman, potentially breaching charity rules on conflicts of interest.
A Charity Commission spokesperson said: “We are currently assessing information following concerns raised with us regarding trustee payments at AccessUK. This will determine our next steps.”
Nana Agyeman is also a Director of the campaigning group Black Child Agenda, which was recently exposed by The Times as having published misleading adverts which encouraged people to apply for the Windrush Compensation Scheme despite not being eligible.
Brendan Clarke-Smith, the Tory MP for Bassetlaw, told GB News that the report was “extremely disturbing.”
He said: “When we’re giving taxpayer’s money we want to make sure it’s spent correctly but we also want to be giving it to organisations that bring the community together and actually have a positive impact on society. Going from the things I've heard, I have serious doubts as to whether that’s the case here.”
Clarke-Smith added: “There are numerous examples where this is going on and the government doesn’t want to be giving money to these kinds of groups if we know that something is seriously wrong there. So I’d urge us to look a little bit further into it, to see if there’s anybody else that shouldn’t be receiving this taxpayers’ money and ultimately do something about it.”
Conservative MP Brendan Clarke-Smith described the findings as 'disturbing'
GB News
When asked about the ‘plague’ Instagram post, AccessUK Director Nana Agyeman said: “We do not condone or tolerate any form of racism or discrimination within our organisation.
"Indeed, Access UK was established to challenge racism and discriminatory practices within the British labour market.
"We serve a cross section of beneficiaries from diverse backgrounds and can count on support from non-black allies to deliver our services in the community.”
Agyeman did not respond to other questions posed by this broadcaster regarding the controversial material and speakers hosted by AccessUK and its potentially unlawful trustee status.